chase

Examples

• All

• The artist used a traditional chase to create a beautiful printed invitation.

• Any director today is wise to study this chase as an exhibit.

  Blog text (11)

• One sketchy account of events leading up to the chase, however, did go the rounds almost at once.

  Fiction book (1996)

• We seem to be on a constant and futile chase after the promised land of lasting happiness.

  Blog text (27)

• The printer carefully placed the typeset into the chase to prepare for printing.

Idioms

C

to chase its tail

• Informal

1 7.5

To keep doing the same task without getting anywhere

C

to chase rainbows

• Informal

1 8.3

To try to achieve things that are very unlikely or impossible

C

to chase away the gloom

5.5

Make someone feel less sad and more cheerful

C

to chase one's tail

• Informal

7.7

To waste time on busy work and make no progress

C

to chase skirt

• Offensive

9.9

Try to have romantic or sexual relationships with many women, often not seriously

C

to chase the dollar

• US

6.6

To try hard to earn a lot of money

Compounds

W

wild-goose chase

• Informal

22 6.6

A hopeless search for something that does not exist

A

ambulance-chase law

• Slang

9.9

Contacting people hurt in accidents to get them as clients for a lawyer, often seen as dishonest

A

ambulance-chase tactic

• Slang

9.5

A practice of rushing to contact people after accidents to get clients, often seen as unfair

A

ambulance-chase lawyer

• Offensive

8.9

A lawyer who goes to accidents or emergencies to find clients for injury cases

P

paper chase

• Archaic

7.7

A game where some players run ahead leaving bits of paper while others follow to catch them before the finish

Surface Forms

Etymology